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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Frank Chang, Suwanee, GA (US);
Dawn A. Smith, Duluth, GA (US);
Arturo N. Medina, Suwanee, GA (US);
Michael Hugh Quinn, Suwanee, GA (US);
L. Lawrence Chapoy, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Frank Chang, Suwanee, GA (US);
Dawn A. Smith, Duluth, GA (US);
Arturo N. Medina, Suwanee, GA (US);
Michael Hugh Quinn, Suwanee, GA (US);
L. Lawrence Chapoy, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The invention provides a silicone hydrogel contact lens including a hydrolyzable units. The hydrolyzable units can be converted by hydrolysis into a hydrophilic units which is capable of imparting the silicone hydrogel contact lens a hydrophilic surface without post-curing surface treatment. The invention also provides an actinically crosslinkable prepolymer including hydrolyzable units and use of the prepolymer of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making wettable silicone hydrogel contact lens without posterior surface treatments other than hydrolysis.